Sometimes just the possibility of something new is enough to give you new energy. It's the perfect, practical way to add the warmth of wood to all the rooms of your home. You will find that perfect home and you will sell yours to a family that may think your current home is their forever home. I do not like spiders ONE bit. We're Chris + Julia read more Semihandmade Our wood grain Shaker cabinet fronts were designed for busy, high-traffic homes like ours. In an industry that often feels designed to make you discontent, we want this to be place you come for inspiration, ideas, and encouragement to make the space you're already in feel like home. Um, she wasnt defensive at all! I know the feeling of being let down by the dream of something new. This story reminds me so much of what Gwen from The Makerista went through a few years ago, it ended up working out perfectly for her! Shame on them. Hello! Im glad youve decided to start looking . They may come back to you after realizing you actually did give your highest offer and take it. Thats half the adventure. Photography by Chris Loves Julia The Marcums have dedicated an entire lower drawer to their newly revamped Rubbermaid collection, and it's conveniently located right across from one that houses special compartments for various size baggies. I wish you and your family the very best in finding that Forever Home for you and of course look forward even MORE to the adventures in diy, decorating, and turning house into home in a new space. Sale. Chris and Julia Marcum's playroom started off as a temporary solution. This just happened to us two weeks ago! Cant find the storydid you take it down? The fact that you felt the need to cry into your phone, record it, and save it, thinking people would want to see that is what is so out of touch. I think you make a lot of great points. Love your blog. Thats what happened to us. It was honestly a crazy, crazy deal. With striking gridded designs toned down by a neutral color palette, Polly is a timeless choice for any room. As someone who moves with rather measured frequency (military) the amount of money we put into a place we know we will be selling relatively soon is always on my mind. (And all that content about your gorgeous cabin!) All that for him to reject the offer and ask for $15k more which was WAY over value. Our wood grain Shaker cabinet fronts were designed for busy, high-traffic homes like ours. He set up a time that we could come walk through it (Chris played at the house as a young child, but barely remembered it and I had never been inside!) Have some compassion. I wasnt ever going to post it. Cant wait for all of the exciting renos to come. I plan on putting them in freezer bags once they freeze, so theyll be easier to snag a single peach instead of a whole clump. Chris Loves Julia x Loloi. I wish you and Chris the best of luck- I saw your reaction in Stories and I absolutely would have cried too! HAHA just hoping to throw some comic relief on this otherwise ridiculously catty conversation over a home purchase. People are so ruthless and type whatever comes to the top of mind without thinking that there is an actual person behind these posts. Breaking even? The price I might agree to, has no financial sense for anybody else, specially for those who could afford it. Dont worry. Wait! Julia I cry over everything. A little sad each time, But we ended up in the right house. I love that we have been watching you totally transform your home slowly. "That way I can easily put things for the girls' lunches right into their boxes," says Julia. I gotta admit I feel pretty bad A that Im facing that fearand the spider decoration is aaawwweesssommmeee. Then Chris cooking dinner for us and then cleaning up and then usually doing a project and heading to bed around 11:30-midnight with no down time. Thanks! Last week, Chris and I had the incredible opportunity to travel to London for work. I painted our living room blue! (Made the curtains in the post above the fence as wellsuper easy). Or maybe their circumstances will change, financially or otherwise and they will need to move. So I give you a giant hug and say it will all be okay and you will find your house when its right. Good luck!! And, it would be a cash deal! and probably overpaid for the shape it was in. Weights & Dimensions Specifications You should be ready to go though because otherwise you would be wasting someones time, and you wouldnt seem serious. Its really eye opening and Im sure echos a lot of the feelings our sellers could be feeling. When the couple behind the popular blog Chris Loves Julia bought their Tudor home in Idaho Falls last year, the space adjacent to their main bedroom was a void created by the dining room's two-story ceiling. (Also, I fully understand wanting character. What an emotional rollercoaster. Im bothered by starter home too. This process started last March by me mailing a note to the home owners just hey, if you ever think about listing your home, wed love first peak. Weve done a lot of projects, and theyre all here. A realtor approached us and told us someone was looking for a house in the country on 5 acres and would we sell? Best of luck!! I know youll be able to find a dream home and Im so excited to follow you on this journey. WOWinternet trolls are just really unkind people. Where we came from, how it looks now and what still needs tweaking. Plus we would have over paid, even with our initial offer. The downstairs had an additional rec room (and home gym and giant storage room!) We saw them moving in, and it felt like watching a family moving into our own house. ago. Much more sense than renting an additional office outside of our home, really. I saw your post without sound, and immediately thought something tragic had happened. Posting the tears on instayou lost me dawg. Building would be a different kind of adventure but not our first choice. I was very turned off by the reaction to a house that wasnt even for sale. Julia, I think you are doing the right thing by not making another offer. 16,468 views May 7, 2021 Welcome to the Chris Loves Julia YouTube Channel! Chris Loves Julia, by Julia and Chris Marcum, is an influential home renovation blog that has a classic spirit with a creative twist. Getting Greta in bed. It was also the perfect location for us, not to far out of town but far enough to enjoy the quiet of the country. I hope you find one that you love just as much! Ok, I didnt really mean to type that much. Even though I got the deal of my life, it was so emotional. <3 Ive been following since before you bought house #1. A year later, we got back in touch and the rest is history :) A lot can happen in a year. Take this as you will from an older reader but these overly modeled and staged clips with perfectly filtered backdrops, hair, makeup, and tears come off as ingenuous and is a turnoff. And you are truly missing the point here . Im routing for you too. If it was live, I dont think I would be as put off about as I am. Do you want to know whos fault it is? Really just came here to say, Chris and Julia, keep hunting! 7. Chris was at the cabin with Jordan, unreachable. Was my comment defensive? The over dramatic tears on Instagram? Even when you dont want to rip down a wall, you can make that space in your home better. The other fear I am facing: cooking for Chris. Chris and Julia Marcum built their walk-in wardrobe out of thin airand a whole lot of IKEA. Looking forward to whatever and whenever the future comes your way and praying blessings on the change of season! We can live anywhere, but love our friends and family and cabin so much where we are that wed love to stay localalthough I might claim insanity willingly living through these cold, long winters for the rest of my life. We jumped on it and I kinda feel like it was fate. And when its time, youre going to slay. Perhaps the timing of those are contributing to these feelings, or strengthening them? That was filmed on my phone right after I heard from our realtor and Chris wasnt home. An offer for a house that wasnt for sale. Apr 2011 - Present11 years 6 months. I really hope these nay sayers dont upset you Julia! It all worked out in the end. Welcome to the Chris Loves Julia YouTube Channel! But from a business/blog perspective, Ill just put it out there that I (and from her survey, many others) was way less interested in Emily Hendersons recent renovations because she was doing two at once, so maybe waiting until the cabin is done to start renovating a new home would interest readers more. Weve since realized the neighborhood and home were all wrong for us. and our house fit the bill of what they were looking for. And, end of story: three years later they emailed us out of the blue. Clad with durable textured thermofoils, this line is compatible with Sektion, Akurum, Godmorgon, and Besta cabinets from IKEA. Its such a sellers market right now and I dont know about Idaho, but where we live in western NC, there is basically nothing on the market in the price range our house is (not a mansion but not a starter home either). I saw someone who decided to go for their dreams with passion. It didnt look likean Idaho house. So I probably would have agreed with Danielle on the order of the story of getting in the middle of everything might have been confusing to people. I hadnt my heart set on so many houses in the house buying process. We were so lucky. Now I realize there wasnt a house there already but those neighbors were not selling those acres. It is the best when you have the luxury of time to search. Polly is also GoodWeave certified, ensuring our commitment to ethical production and the support of weavers' communities. In 2010 the original house I made an offer on went up for sale, for more money, obviously. Thank you for sharing the other side. The possibility of tackling a different house, especially one you can see yourself living in forever, is so exciting! I work for the federal government and just returned to work yesterday after a month-long, forced break. You never know unless you try. We obviously love Idaho. Just a suggestion ???? New talents are always in vogue-whether spidery or not! I hope not, being vulnerable and admitting stuff sucks makes it easier for the rest of us to admit it. I found this post very transparent and beautifully honest. (My blog hasnt been updated in years but you can check out the post of how I made it herewww.ashleepeterson.blogspot.com. I comment on things and send messages all the time (never been responded to) Anyway, I will say the reason why the video of you crying bothered me is because my feed just today has been filled with: a dear friend crying over her recently deceased husband, a friend posting about her niece that passed away at 4 weeks old, a friend going through a divorce, and someone whos son was just shot and killed in the line of duty. But you know what? Ive cried over lesser things. It. Wherever and whenever that will take you. We totally stalked our home before it was on the market. We are just researching the best products and think we finally have a method nailed down. But I will say this-it was the most emotional, stressful week of my life! Is that ridiculous of me? All the same musts you listed. Your forever house is waiting does you! Ugh that is so heartbreaking! We were invited by Williams Sonoma and William Morris and Co to preview their newest collaboration and the inspiration behind it. (Are there spider people?!?) For a profit, but still. Hopefully this will be the year of a kitchen remodel. But for the sake of the upcoming holiday and our. We are in a unique situation where we make a living by renovating our house so its not as simple as what we put into it we have to get out of it, but its definitely something always on our mind. They declined our offer. The garage was in the basement and there were 2 living rooms and 2 dining rooms and a weird hallway sort of kitchen. I might not ever be able to afford something as nice as you have but I am able to get ideas from you that I can incorporate into my current home and I love that. Find a haunted house to hayride near you. Let people opine- thats part of the territory when Julia decided to make her emotions public. :). Because you put the bug in the peoples ears that live there they may come around to the idea and maybe come back to you in a couple weeks. Fulls of highs and lows. Obviously buying a house where youll live is so personal! It was very off putting. Of course its going to be in the back of their mind to document every reaction to something that happens in their life. We have really loved putting it everywhere in our house. Never went on the market. Its my home and when Im ready to sell itll be made public and at that point Ill be detached from it. I always think of homes as meant to be when you find the one youre meant to live in so maybe there is an even better one out there for you. Youre entitled to feel what you feel, and its your business. We knew and loved the neighborhood, because it was our neighborhood. I dont blame them at all for not selling. I feel that everything happens for a reason. Loving. We ended up buying a different place that was all wrong, and which we sold after 3 years. Julia and Chris rock and if you dont have any nice to say then dont say it! Fortunately for us, we had been discussing moving but never really sat and discussed in depth. Get the tools, mentorship, and training to be a Good Influencer professionally. Tearsim talking vaulted ceilings, gorgeous rock fireplace, amazing living room, mountain and city views, gorgeous big white kitchen, spacious bedrooms, totally awesome 80s ready for a small makeover. I write the home design and DIY blog chrislovesjulia.com. A modern take on the traditional shaker that could only come from Chris and Julia Marcum. A one-stop source of home design inspiration, step-by-step how-Tos, cooking. That is totally understandable. It will all work out the way its supposed to. They havent worked hard enough. 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